It is a concern that the official handicappers are so hell bent on preserving the sanctity of Grade 1’s in SA that they nearly always inflate ratings, regardless of what took place in these races. This dispute also raises much deeper and substantive concerns about the official process, and application of handicapping principles in South Africa
It’s been billed the race of the season, and with good reason! A nationally representative line-up of 13 of South Africa’s best milers will line up on Saturday in the 53rd renewal of the premier SA Champions Season weight- for-age mile
In the many years that the famous brown and white colours of the Beck family have been competing in South Africa, has there ever been a more sensational winner than Lucky Lad in Saturday’s Gr1 Golden Horse Sprint?
Earning HK$9 million for the victory, Romantic Warrior – a Hong Kong International Sale graduate and BMW Hong Kong Derby winner – has now amassed HK$151 million in prizemoney!
Sean Tarry’s Hollywoodbets Durban July entry Lucky Lad put in a sensational late run under a breathtakingly stupendous Richard Fourie ride to grab top honours in the R1 million Gr1 Golden Horse Sprint
It was a third consecutive success in the prestigious 2yo male 1200m contest for Sean Tarry, after Thunderstruck (2022) and Lucky Lad last year
In a change of heart, the Wilgerbosdrift Bridget Oppenheimer Gr2 SA Oaks star Frances Ethel is now set to take her place in the Hollywoodbets Gr1 Durban July
The Varsfontein Stud team are celebrating their 50th anniversary this year and underscored another great season as their home-bred Jet Master stallion Master Of My Fate’s daughter Splicethemainbrace made it a perfect five
The Steven Burridge-trained Ejaz will likely be one of the fancied runners in the SG$70,000 Class 3 race
The final leg of the jackpot is the eighth race, the Gr1 Golden Horse Sprint, which is off at 15h45
Are the resources allocated to this testing process going to achieve the goal it was intended to?
The classic has a long and proud history dating back to 1955 when it was run as the Cape of Good Hope Guineas
